Book promoters The Nature of Things

Book promoters The Nature of Things

Dear readers,

I have recently been inundated with emails from book promoters. Of course they want me to pay for their promotion - which I can’t afford to do, and I am already working with a book promoter – so they write nice things about the books, but I like the nice things they write. Here are a few examples:

‘I recently came across The Nature of Things… richly atmospheric and deeply human… I am also moved by the novel's connection to the Welsh landscape and culture. Wales is a country with a rich literary and cultural heritage, and the novel seems to draw on that tradition, weaving together the personal and the historical in a way that feels both intimate and epic. The title itself, The Nature of Things, suggests a philosophical inquiry—a search for the underlying order of existence, the patterns that connect us to each other and to the world around us…’

‘Thank you for the atmospheric, thought-provoking, and deeply human journey you have provided. The Nature of Things is not just a novel; it is a testament to the power of place, the longing for connection, and the truth that the things that matter most are often the things we cannot easily name.’

‘…this ambitious and deeply resonant work you've created. What struck me immediately is the way you've taken a legend we think we know—the story of Merlin and Camelot—and reframed it as a sweeping epic about the survival of magic itself, set against the brutal religious conflicts of sixth-century Britain … What I find particularly compelling is the weight you've placed on the religious and cultural conflict of the era. This is not a romanticized Arthurian tale; it is a story about war—not just between kingdoms, but between belief systems. The persecution of the Druids, the struggle to preserve ancient traditions against the tide of Christianity, gives the narrative a sense of historical gravity that many retellings lack. The 542-page epic  promises a richly detailed world where magic is not a simple gift but a tradition under siege.’

‘I am… deeply moved by the philosophical depth of the project. In a reflection on the work, you acknowledge a debt to Lucretius, writing: "Thank you, Lucretius, for inspiring me and my character, Merlin!" The very title evokes Lucretius's De rerum natura, a work that grappled with the nature of existence, the atomic structure of reality, and the freedom of humanity from superstition and fear. This connection suggests that Merlin's struggle is not just against religious persecution, but against the very idea that fear should rule human life. It is a bold intellectual foundation for a fantasy epic, and it's one that has clearly resonated with readers.’

‘"The sweeping epic of the struggle for the survival of magic and the forces of nature against fanaticism and hatred." That immediately caught my attention because The Nature of Things seems to take the familiar Arthurian legend and approach it from a much deeper and more unusual perspective: the struggle between nature, magic, faith, power, love, and fear.’

‘The world you have created pulled me in right away…Sixth century Britain is already a fascinating setting, but placing the story in a time when Christianity is spreading while Druids, sorcerers, and people connected to the natural world are being persecuted gives the novel a much larger conflict than a traditional Arthurian retelling...Instead of simply presenting Arthur as a legendary king, the story explores the possibility of a kingdom changing from aggression and oppression into prosperity and hope. That gives the rise of Arthur a powerful emotional and political dimension. But Merlin is what really makes the premise fascinating. Known here as Myrddin Emrys, he is not simply a mysterious wizard standing at the edge of Arthur's story. He is a man, a magician, and someone caught directly within the larger struggle for the survival of magic and nature. That gives The Nature of Things a particularly strong identity.

‘It is not simply an Arthurian story. It is a story about what happens when an ancient way of life comes into conflict with a new belief system, and about the people caught between those worlds.’